Thanks! I understand the looseness of the enforcement and will do my best to find out from the tournament organizers what to expect. . On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:18 PM, VA-DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Talking about Storage is always fun..... We spent hours on it last > spring. :-| > > Can we count on there being a "stand" (is that a table?) at our regional > tournament? > -- VA-DC FLL strongly recommends to all Tournament Directors that they > provide a "stand" at all tournament tables. At some tournaments that I go > to, they are TV trays. At some, they are chairs (like the VA-DC > Championship). In some cases, a tournament might have small tables > available. The Mountaineer Invitational this summer had 6-foot tables. I > am pretty good about ensuring that something is made available during > tournament setup at tournaments where I am Head Referee, but it's > tournament dependent. > -- We also strongly recommend to all Tournament Directors that they > communicate with coaches before the tournament to advise of any > restrictions in access to tables, or space restrictions for teams that want > to bring their own stands. > -- I'll also permit a team member to "act like a stand" by holding a box > or tray near the Technicians. No handling of Equipment or Mission Models > would be allowed by the stand, of course. > > Do we know how big the stand will be? > -- No. But talk with your Tournament Director to find out the plan. > Also, it's my impression that most Virginia-DC FLL tournaments allow teams > to bring their own stand, space permitting. > > If we want to store anything off the Field, is that the only place > authorized (besides the hands of the technicians)? > Rule 12 only allows off-Field Storage on a stand. We will certainly > enforce that for all Mission Models, for a variety of reasons. > Some referees will be more lenient with team Equipment. [We tell > ourselves that "a team member just holding Equipment is kind of like a > stand..."] FWIW, Scott Evans, the game designer, is uncomfortable with the > idea of non-Technicians holding Equipment, but I'm still working on him. > > Steve Scherr > Referee Advisor > Virginia-DC FLL > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Skip Morrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I have a question about Rule 12 - STORAGE first bullet point: >> "Anything completey in Base may be moved/stored off the Field, but must >> stay in view of the Ref, on a stand" >> >> ​This is the same verbiage used last year, but it would seem that the >> rule was actually enforced as if it instead said "Mission Models" instead​. >> Specifically, last year my technicians wanted to have the team members >> standing behind the line load the food that had been retrieved from the >> refrigerator into an attachment. We were told that could not be allowed >> because the food (a mission model) would be out of sight from the refs. We >> were told though, that the team members standing behind the line could >> handle the attachments. Maybe the refs were being nice, and that is fine. >> But this year I want to be better prepared. >> >> 1. Can the team members standing behind the line handle anything during a >> match? Specifically can they handle attachments? Mission Models? >> >> 2. Can we count on there being a "stand" (is that a table?) at our >> regional tournament? Do we know how big the stand will be? If we want to >> store anything off the stand, is that the only place authorized (besides >> the hands of the technicians)? >> >> Sorry for the many questions, but when my team practices, I want to >> replicate the tournament conditions as closely as possible. Swapping out >> attachments is a big part of our strategy so it is important for us to have >> it right during practice. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Skip Morrow >> Coach, Norfolk Collegiate >> >> >> >> >> . >> > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.